Nippoptilia rutteni

Nippoptilia rutteni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Nippoptilia
Species:
N. rutteni
Binomial name
Nippoptilia rutteni
Gielis, 2003

Nippoptilia rutteni is a species of moth in the genus Nippoptilia, known from New Guinea. Moths in this species have a wingspan of approximately 13 millimetres (0.51 in). The specific name "rutteni" refers to microlepidopterist Dr. A.L.M. Rutten.[1]

References

  1. ^ Review of the Pterophoridae from New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera)


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